Bliatz has tagged me for a small questionnaire on books. Books are a weakness of mine. I’ve been reading since I was 14 – and by reading, I mean 2-3 books a week. Consistently.
Of course, the books I read are…well, I won’t call them crap, because some of them are very very good. But they’re Fantasy/Sci-Fi, which is candy for the mind. Entertainment. They can carry some very intelligent ideas – but as a rule, they’re read for enjoyment. Only recently (last year or so) have I forced myself to read weighter material.
1) Total number of books I’ve owned.
Approximately 4 to 5 thousand books. I currently own maybe four or five hundred. The rest have been lost, boxed and stored in a shed at my parent’s house, or traded in for credit to get more books.
2) The last book I bought.
Dead Beat, by Jim Butcher. Think Anita Blake before the porn over-ran her books.
3) The last book I read.
Lord Foul’s Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book 1) by Stephen Donaldson. Classic book. Hated it. Forced myself to finish since so many said it was good. Not to my tastes.
4) 5 books that mean something to me.
Let me preface this answer by saying that I have read almost *too* many books. The question asks for those books that mean something to me – and the term ‘mean’ can go in many directions. The books I am listing are there because I am attached to them either for reasons of pure enjoyment or because of the affect they’ve had on my life.
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Assasssin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
The Elements of Style by Strunk/White
Fight Club by Chuck Palaniuk
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
5) Tag 5 people and request they fill this out on their journals
Five? Hrmm. I’ll go with four: